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U.S. rough rice exports have plummeted and the decline of Costa Rican rice production has accelerated sharply following the Government of Costa Rica’s August 2022 tariff rate reduction on imported rice from all origins.

The Canadian hemp sector continues to be driven by the food and nutrition markets, despite the 2018 regulatory changes that legalized recreational cannabis, and opened the potential for new markets for hemp-extracted cannabinoids.

On July 28, 2023, the Government of Mexico (GOM) notified a revised NOM-187 to the World Trade Organization and opened a 60-day comment period. NOM-187 establishes the sanitary and commercial requirements for products made from nixtamalized corn and for the establishments that produce these products.

In 2022, the Venezuelan artificial insemination market was estimated at 170,000 doses per year, with 43 percent of doses imported.

This report highlights certification requirements for food and agricultural products exported to Canada and supplements the FAIRS Country Report CA2023-0025.

The following report is the latest in a series of ‘snapshots’ of specific Mexican markets for U.S. food and beverage products, prepared by the Agricultural Trade Offices (ATOs) in Mexico City and Monterrey.

Canada will once again implement additional temporary import requirements for U.S. origin romaine lettuce for Fall 2023.

The Costa Rican retail sector continues to grow with an increasing number of modern supermarkets stocking a growing range of imported products.